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Thursday, May 10, 1928
BEST IN THE FOOD LINE
Regardless of whether it is a can of luscious peach
es or a breakfast cereal, a pound of fine creamery
butter or something good in fresh fruits or vegetables
you'll find it of the best obtainable quality.
At this store you’ll find the price is consistently
low, too, for the high quality of mercandise you get
and free delivery service to your door.
We can keep the price down and give you service
at the same time because of the great volume of busi
ness we do. /
I. CARLTON MILKNEB
McCORMICK, S. C.
McCORMICK McCORMICK, SoulH Carotin*
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turers of established reliability. Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
We have face powders, talcum powders, face
creams and lotions, rouge, toilet and medicinal soaps,
perfumes, etc.
Blank books, typewriter paper, carbon paper, inks,
pens, pencils, box paper, pound paper and envelopes.
We carry a complete line of school supplies.
We carry a large stock of novelties. We invite in
spection of our line of Silverware and Cut Glass.
Pure fruit, syrup and the best ice cream we can ob
tain served at our fountain.
We also have the agency for Steelcote paint.
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Law and
Grace
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By REV. J. A. VAN GORKOM
Member of the Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago.
TEXT—And the law came In beside,
that the trespass might abound; but
where sin abounded, grace did abound
more exceedingly.—Rom. 5:20. R. V.
T1:p two words “law” and “grace”
need to he understood clearly. So
ciety in general
may have a
fairly clear coiv
ception of the for
mer term, but per
haps not so when
it comes to the
idea of grace.
The reason for
this may be traced
to the fact that
humanity has
more in common
with the function
of law than it has
Rev. Van Gorkom. with that of grace.
In its function grace differs from hu
man standards as far as the East is
from the West. Law and grace also
differ widely, yet the two are vitally
related. This relationship is best un
derstood b ,r a clear conception of their
respective functions.
LAW. The wori is mentioned al
most eighty times in the Book of
Romans and thirty times in the Book
of Galatians. Both of these epistles
deal emphatically with law and grace
and we find their common relationship
well established. Paul tells' us that
the law is inadequate in itself when
it comes to the matter of being just in
God’s sight, for He tells us that no
flesh shall be justified by doing the
deeds of the law. No man has ever
kept the whole law of God, nor would
it be of any avail as a means of justifi
cation. Then again, the law Is Inade
quate because Its full and free opera
tion is hindered by human Imperfec
tions. The apostle tells us that the
law was weak through, or because of
the flesh; in other words, man was
not able to keep the law of God. But
there is another function of the law.
that of a master, a constant guard
Read Galatians 3:23-25 and note rli»*re
that the law is set forth as a school
master. The stern discipline of the
law really Is a means of bringing us
to Christ. Then, instead of being un
der a master we ^bail be free in Him
through faith. Being under the law
proves to us that it is*a life of bond
age, and because of that fact it be
comes dear to us how much better it
is to live under the blessed control of
Jesus the Savior where we are free.
Furthermore, the law is a revealer of
sin. Paul states that he had not
known sin except through the law and
because of this he saw his own sin
ful life and stood before God as a con
demned man. The law itself Is not
sin because It continually points out
the exceeding sinfulness of sin. So
then we find that the law shows men
that they are wrong and helpless, but
docs not help them out of their trou
ble.
Do ihtq and live. the. law commands.
Rut gives me neither feet nor hands;
A better word the Gospel brings,
It bids me fly and gives me wings.
GRACE. Since we find ourselves
condemned and hopeless under the
law with no possible way of escape,
what is the function of Grace? Under
grace God treats us irrespective of
♦>ur deserts. What we are, what we
have done or are doing, in fact any
attitude on our part does not effect
God’s grace which He bestows upon
us in spite of what we are or have
done. And tin's is possible only be
cause God accepts the righteousness
of Jesus who bore fill the penalty of
our sins and therefore sets us free
from any judgment for sin. The above
chapter points out that sin entered
the world as an intruder and, because
of sin, death, for the two always go
together. Sin entered, as it were, like
a wedge, separating man from God
rather than God from man. There is
no change of attitude on God's side
for immediately after sin entered the
world He began t- seek out wayward
humanity to bring them back to Him
self. Listen to the prophet, Isaiah.
“Your iniquities have separated be
tween you and your God, and your
sins have hid His face from you.”
Then again God s; vs, “Come now and
let us reason together.” God is ready
and willing to re-establish a right re
lationship between Himself and man.
So then because s ? n entered we have
on the one side man, sin and death,
and on the other. God, grace and life,
man and God separating further and
further as time goes on.
Now how can tins condition be rem- J facts. More likely than not they are
edied? What is the only hope? Is
there a remedy? The answer is found
in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
•*by grace have ye been saved through
faith.” Grace takes us in spite of our
own sins, in spite of death, in spite of
ourselves and the judgment of the
law, takes all of this and presents us
free beings before the face of God.
free from sin and its penalty. What
A Talk From The
Bench—Bank Failures
And Gossiping Public
(The Columbia State.)
Somrwhat unusual but no e the
ess interesting ad entertaining
weve the volunteer comments by
udge Mann i n the Richland court
1'ouse Tuesday. For ourselves, wc
1 ke to hear judges give expression to
their thoughts and feelings. Wc have
a notion that one of the “weaknesses
of the courts” may properly be at
tributed to the degree to which
judges have been circumscribed. Con
ditions would be better, we believe,
had they the lat'tude of federal
judges.
The pocket nerve is the tenderest
possessed by the public. The public
has been in the habit of paying not
the slightest attention to banking
laws, and small atetntion to banks
of the qualificat : ons of bankers, but
when they lose money from the fail
ure of a bank they cYy out against
their lack of pi’otectlon and demand
tha' someone be punished. Of course
the public should have protection.
The deposits in a bank should be safe.
But banking in the South has been
conducted for a couple of genera
tions in a haphazard way; hundreds
of hanks have been organized that
never had the faintest claim to live
aoide from the desire of some per
sons to be bank officials. Men have
been in charge of banks who were
utterly w'thout qualifications. The
awakening has been costly but high
ly beneficial Conditions will probab
ly never again to be so bad as they
were. Yet costly as was the awak
ening, bank failures in the several
years in wh’ch the weak institutions
were being eliminated have not cost
the public so much as it is constantly
losing through inefficiency in gov
ernment. But because the pubi c pre
fers, to put politics before busir.es'’
in government, it does not count that
cost.
Within the last 18 months our
banking laws have been greatly im
proved. When a bank is organized
now it must have warrant for ex'st
ance, but evidently more has yet
to be done. It has been generally un
derstood by the public that when a
deposit was accepted by an insolv
ent bank criminality was evidenced.
Tuesday Mendel L. Smith, Esq., told
the court that under the law govern
ing the courts, an offic'al of a bank,
knowing its insolvency, could not be
held accountable for the taking of de
posits unles he actually and person
ally received the deposits. If depos
its are received by a teller who does
not know of the bank’s condit : on he
is not liable.
Between the public’s ideas and the
prosecuting officers’ knowledge of
the available evidence and the law
governing, there may be a very wide
difference, and we must say that
prosecut'ons in cases that are known
in advance to be merely a gesture,
without evidence to sustain them,
have small appeal to us.
In his remarks i n the court house
on Tuesday Judge Mann said: “A
certain percentage of the public likes
gossip. And if they cannot get some-
th'ng real to talk about, why they
will find something to talk about
anyway, and they think of public of
ficials first to talk about and the'
they talk about the preachers and
the school teachers and everybody
else, leaving themselves until the
last.” He might have added that they
never get to the “last.”
And more unfortunately, that “cer
tain percentage” : s a large percent
age. No person knows better about
the gossiper than makers of news
papers. No day passes but some re
port comes to them, “vouched for by
reliable persons,” that when run
down is proved to be either without
foundation or else based upon un
sound conjecture. No poltical cam
paign is too inconsequent al to be the
birth of “reports” that two or three
gossipers have set going, and that
swell in volume, gathering detail a*
they go, until they pervade a com
munity, and reasonably reliable men
come to repeat them as establ shed
Improved Uniform International
Lesson
(HyUEV. F li KFI/.WA’I*R. D.D.. Dean
Moody Bible institute o^^hlcago.)
(®. 192S. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for May 13
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM
LESSON TEXT—Mark 11:1-33.
GOLDEN TEXT—Behold, thy King
cometh unto thee; He is just, and hav
ing salvation.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Hailing Jesus as
King.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Hailing Jesus as
King.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—The Kingly Qualities of Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Jesus Asserts Messianic Authority.
mythical. The press would lose in a
month nil confidence and respect of
the public did it pass on to the pub
lic one-half of that public’s “most
reliable” reports.
I. Jesus Officially Presented to the
Jewish Nation as King.—vv. 1-11).
This should not be designated the
triumphal entry, for it was so only in
outward appearances. The shouts
were empty and meaningless. It was
the promised King publicly offering
Himself to the nation.
1. The preparation (vv. 1-G).
(1) Two disciples sent for the ass
(vv. 1-3).
He told them just where to go to
find it, and how to answer the owner’s
Inquiry. The providing of this animal
was the working out of the divine
plan according to Christ's foreknowl
edge.
(2) Obedience of the disciples (vv.
•I-C). Without asking why, they go at
His bidding. The command may have
seined strange and unreasonable, but
they rendered explicit obedience.
2. The entry into Jerusalem (vv.
7-TO).
H) The disciples put their gar
ments upon the ass and set the Lord
upon It (v. 7). This act showed their
recognitio of Him 1 as their King
(II Kings 9:18).
(2) The multitude (vv. 8, 9). Some
sinead heir garments in the way;
others who had no garments to spare
cur. down brai.Hies and strewed them
in. the way, which was just as accept
able unto Him. This' entry was in
fulfillment of a prophecy uttered some
five hundred years before (Zech. 9:9).
"They uttered the very cry which the
prophet foretold. This Is a> clew to
enable one to understand the prophe
cies which are unfulfilled as yet, If
the prediction of His firsL coming wns
thua Hteraily fulfilled, ate' must be
lieve that those of His second coming
will likewise be literally fulfilled. The
prediction of Z^charfah 14 :3-11 #111 be
just as literally fulfilled as that of
Zechariah 9:9.
(3) The Lord’s action <v. TO).
Upon entering the temple, He looked
around upon all things; but as it was
eventide He withdrew to Bethany
with the t.velve.
II. Jesu Exercising His Royal Au
thority (vv. 12-19).
1. The barren fig tree cursed (vv.
12-14h
The fig tree is typical of the Jewish
nation. The fruit normally appears on
the fig tree ahead "f the leaves. The
presence of the leaves Is the assur
ance of fruit. This was an acted
parable of the Lord’s judgment on
Israel for pretension of being the
chosen, people without the fruits
thereof.
2; The temple cleansed (vv. 15-19).
For the various sacrifice; in the
temple, many oxen, sheep and doves
were needed. Many persons came
.from the distant parts of the land;
therefore it was impracticable for
them to bring their sacrifices witli
them, so they brought money and
bought the animals needed. This priv
ilege the law had granted to them
(Dent. 14:24-20), for the exchange
was necessary. When evil men used
it as an opportunity for gain it be
came an offense before God. It defiled
His house. Jes is ’»ade Himself a
scourge of cords and drove out the
money changers, overthrowing their
rabies and pouring out their money.
By this act He declared Himself to
be the Lord of ihe temple and one
with Cod. That which God intended
to he a “house of prayer for ail na-
tiot s” was made a “den of thieves.”
This action symbolized the call of the
nation to repentance.
III. Jesus’ Authority Challenged (vv.
27-33).
They challenged Him to show by
what authority lie accepted the hon
ors of the Messiah, and who gave
Him the authority to cast out the
money changers. This seemed to
place Jesus in a dilemma. He re
sponded by a question which placed
them in a counter dilemma. Since
John was His forerunner, the divin
ity of His commission rested upon
that of John. They were powerless
to discredit John, because the people
accepted him ns God’s prophet. If
This is stated lightly. Tt is a fact, they had accepted John’s message
It : s a condition that cannot be cured they would lia\e noon prepared to ae-
unless the man in the street becomes I His ' TI|0V «>'*«•*«'
a- cautious as a newspaper reporter,
that they could not answer the ques-
a marvelous tiling grace is! Have j a; ( j accepts nothing as truth without!
you placed your life at God’s disposal j i nves tig a t : on. :
tion.
in order that He may set you free
through grace?
Y;.ko my heart, O Father! take it;
Make and keep it all Thine own;
l.’t Thy Spirit melt and break it—
This proud heart of sin and stone.
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Grace Comes Into the Soul
Grace comes into the soul, ns tin
morning sun into the world; first a
dawning, then a light, and at la*t the
sun in his full and excellent bright
ness.—T. Adams.
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Worthy Qualities
Pastor ,partake of them.—Brown.
Page Number Six
Brans
Episcopal Services
At Willington
First And Third Sundays Of
Each Month And On Fifth
Sunday When Occurs
There will be service at St. Steph
ens’ Church, Willington, on the first
and third Sundays cf each month.
When there are five Sundays in the
month there will also be service on
the fifth Sunday.
The hour of the service at St.
Stephens’ is four o’clock in the after
noon. A 'good program of music is
provided under the direction of Mrs.
James Hester of Calhoun Falls with
Mrs. James Hemminger cf Willington
acting as assistant.
The services are in charge of the
Rev. R. C. Topping of Anderson who
promises a short sermon upon an in
teresting and vital topic with each
service.
It i s a well known fact that St.
btephens Church has always served
well the community in which it min
isters. All are invited to attend and
worship there.
Plum Branch
M. E. Charge
Beginning first Sunday in Febru-
arjr, the Plum Branch M. E. charge
schedule will be:
ASBURY — Sunday School at
10:30 a. m.; preaching every first
Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and third Sun
day at 7:45 p. m.
BORDEAUX—Sunday School at
10:00 a. m.; preaching every first
Sunday 3:30 p. m., and third Sunday
at IXdM) a. m.
PARKSVILLE — Union Sunday
School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching
every second Sunday at 7:00 p. m.,'
and fourth Sunday at 11:00 a. m.;
prayer services, Thursday nights at
7:00 o»”rfock.
ST. PAUL—Sunday School at
10:30 a. m.; preaching every second
Sunday at 11:30 a.. m., and fourth
Sunday 7:30 p. m>; prayer services,
Wednesdays 7:30 p. m.; Epworth
League, 7:30 p. m. every Sunday.
BARS CHAPEL—Sunday School
at 10:3® a. m.; preaching every, sec
ond and fourth Sunday at 3:30 p. m.
E. A. WILKES,
. Pastor.
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Pentecostal Holiness
Church Schedule
Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at 10:30, at McCormick. *
Preaching every 3rd Sunday . at
11:00 o’clock a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Public cordially invited to all our
services.
W. RAY ANDERSON,
Pastor.
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Plum Branch Baptist
Schedule
Plum Branch — Sunday School
every Sunday at 10:30. Preaching ,
every first and third Sunday at 11:30
a. m. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at
7:30 p. m.
Parksville — Sunday School every
Sunday at 10:00. Preaching every
second and fourth Sundays at 11:00.
B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 7:30.
RED OAK GROVE — Sunday
School every 1st and 2nd Sunday
mormng at 10:30; 4th Sunday p. m.
at 2:30.
Preaching every 4th Sunday at
3:30 p. m.
Clarks Hill — Sunday School ev
ery Sunday at 2:00 p« m. Preaching
every first Sunday at 3:00 p. m.
Modoc — Sunday School every
Sunday at 10:30. Preaching every
third Sunday at 3:00 p. m.
H. M. HODGENS,
Pastor.
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McCormick Methodist
Church Schedule
McCormick — Sunday school every
Sunday at 10:15 a. m.; Preaching
at 11:15 a. m. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sun
days, and at 7:30 p. m. on fourth
Sundays.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 7:30 o’clock.
Board of Stewards meets Monday
night following 1st Sundays.
REPUBLICAN
Sunday School at 11 a. m. on 2nd
and 4th Sundays. 1st and 3rd Sun
days at 2:30 p. m. Preaching on
1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p. m.
Troy — Sunday school at 10:00 a.
m. 1st., 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2nd
Sundays at 3 p. m.; preaching 2nd
Sundays 3:30 p. m.; 4th Sundays 11
a. m.
Beulah — Preaching every 4tb
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
T A BLEDSOE. Pastor.